FSX Native Gipsy Moth

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It's looking superb, Spad and TeiscoDelRay! I really love the elegant lines of the DH.60 series.

Speaking of DH.60 Moths, here is one that was built to go a bit faster than the others, and is quite historic. The aircraft, registered as G-AAXG, was built for speed, and competed in the 1930 King's Cup Race, flown by Arthur Butler, finishing in second place. The aircraft attained a top speed of 129 mph. The aircraft was traded to French aviator Eduard Bret, who briefly had the aircraft registered as F-AJZB, before the aircraft was then sold to Lt. Holm R. A. Kidston, Royal Navy, who exported the aircraft to New Zealand in 1935, where it was registerred as ZK-AEJ. The aircraft remained in New Zealand, eventually owned by Gordon Reader for a time, and then Gerald Grocott. This was until around 2008/2009, when the aircraft was purchased by Simon Kidston, son of the former owner Lt. Holm R. A. Kidston, and the aircraft was brought back to England and re-registered as G-AAXG once again.

A very handsome aircraft:

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Back in England with its original registration once again:

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man there are a lot of great planes coming off the 3PD assembly line (I know this is an upgrade of an existing FS9 plane) what with the GAS Ryan, Vertigo N2S, the Harriers and the F4 and the Waco and all the Scenery from ORBX et al

this is feeling like the (beginning of?) the glory days of FSX
 
Another one to look forward to ....any chance of a ZK-ADT scheme? (my Dads building a 1/5th RC model of it with folding wings etc)..it is a bit of a recluse so not many photos of it....although that may change now the ownership has changed

http://gallery.aerohub.co.nz/main.php?g2_itemId=26626

Pity AEJ didnt stay in NZ..at least it is now with an appropriate UK owner
 
Just by way of an update. The conversion of the visual model is nearly done. We've added the 1927 Cirrus Moth and added a seaplane version. The flight dynamics are under revision and that will take another week or so. I'll get some updated pictures loaded later.
 
Spad54 said:
Just by way of an update. The conversion of the visual model is nearly done. We've added the 1927 Cirrus Moth and added a seaplane version. The flight dynamics are under revision and that will take another week or so. I'll get some updated pictures loaded later.
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another floatie biplane eh..? I like that idea...
 
Looks like a fantastic model !! :icon_eek:
I love these low and slow planes, you just can't have too many of these in the hangar :icon_lol:

One remark though: when comparing your model/repaints with the various real pictures posted in the topic, it seems to me that your model lacks a little bit of shine... or reflectivity. Is it due to the material definition, or can this be modified from a repaint to another ?
 
Daube said:
Looks like a fantastic model !! :icon_eek:
I love these low and slow planes, you just can't have too many of these in the hangar :icon_lol:

One remark though: when comparing your model/repaints with the various real pictures posted in the topic, it seems to me that your model lacks a little bit of shine... or reflectivity. Is it due to the material definition, or can this be modified from a repaint to another ?[/QUOTE

There are two types of shine: Dynamic which is programed in and has to do with how the model is highlighted as it moves in the simulator relative to the light source and shine which is modulated by the alpha channel in the texture bitmap. Alpha can be adjusted by user by editing that channel in a program like DXTBmp, dynamic shine can not.
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Actually, the alpha on the main texture works as a reflection and if you add a specular texture to the material you can set a color and the strenght (alpha) of the shine.

Lucas
 
One thing to remember is that this plane is mostly fabric with some metal in the engine cowling and other areas. When I paint these type of planes I try to keep the gloss or shine low on the fabric areas and add a bit of gloss to the metal areas. In my opinion a fabric plane that is too shiny or glossy looks a bit toy like in FSX, unless that plane is a show plane kept in a hangar and out of the elements. The orange and tan plane we decided to make it look more like a working plane with more wear and weathered look so that is why is lacks a polished waxed finish.

Also FSX handles gloss, reflection and shine is different ways on different computers with different video cards, not to mention different monitors with all sorts of settings. So no one will see this plane in exactly the same way and in FSX it can change from moment to moment with the lighting.


Daube said:
Looks like a fantastic model !! :icon_eek:
I love these low and slow planes, you just can't have too many of these in the hangar :icon_lol:

One remark though: when comparing your model/repaints with the various real pictures posted in the topic, it seems to me that your model lacks a little bit of shine... or reflectivity. Is it due to the material definition, or can this be modified from a repaint to another ?
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TeiscoDelRay, you're doing some great work. All the repainting going on, on several aircraft has recently drawn my interest.
That and I'll have more time as summer passes. Hopefully I haven't forgotten how to use my brushes. :icon_lol:
 
The re-modeling of the aircraft is complete. There are four variants. The Gipsy and Cirrus land planes and the Cirrus seaplane and the Gipsy Amphibian. We discovered that there were two amphibians built in 1929 and 1930 respectively by the by Short Brothers (of flying boat fame)
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The Cirrus
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Cirrus Seaplane
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Gipsy VC
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Gipsy Amphibian
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Spad54 said:
The re-modeling of the aircraft is complete. There are four variants. The Gipsy and Cirrus land planes and the Cirrus seaplane and the Gipsy Amphibian. We discovered that there were two amphibians built in 1929 and 1930 respectively by the by Short Brothers (of flying boat fame)QUOTE]

all the work you guys are putting into this is going to (almost) make me feel guilty about getting it for free....:kilroy:

its looking real fine in all variants - great work you have done thus far
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Thank you for sharing these latest screenshots, Spad! Brilliant work (I love the look of them all!), and I share the same sentiments as Roger and Heywood above. ; )

With the number of variants, and sure to be more eventual repaints in due time, there should be good call for a virtual DH Moth gathering of sorts!
 
We're running up against a problem with the wing fold function on systems that use FSX Accelerated. Neither the keyboard command nor VC switch will trigger the ani
animation. This is not an issue with "unaccelerated" FSX. Anyone have any ideas? Thanks
 
Hmm, Mathias has a wing fold function on his CH BF-108 that is triggered by the default wing fold command. It works fine in Accel. You might ask him about it.


Good luck,
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CHeers
TJ
 
Hi and thanks for offers,
Changing the wing fold system type did the trick...

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